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AGENDA ONLINE January-March 2010 | ||||
| From SFM-The Work Comp Experts. News for insurance professionals.
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| TOP STORIES | ||||
| WCRA assessment: A primer on the new line item appearing on Minnesota policies | ||||
Beginning with policies effective Jan. 1, 2010, a line item called "WCRA Assessment" appears in the premium section of the policy Information Page. State regulators have ordered all Minnesota workers’ compensation insurers to collect the assessment on behalf of the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Association. |
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| SFM expands in Iowa and Nebraska, adds field underwriter | ||||
| SFM recently expanded direct operations in Iowa and Nebraska with the addition of Des Moines-based staff and agency appointments. | ||||
| Penguin campaign helps employers avoid slips and falls | ||||
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“Walk like a penguin.” That’s the theme around which SFM has built a campaign to help employers avoid expensive slip-and-fall injuries this winter. |
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| 2009: Policy retention remains strong | ||||
93 percent of SFM’s policyholders renewed in 2009, sustaining SFM’s consistently high performance over the years in retaining policyholders. Direct written premium totaled about $100 million, according to preliminary financials. |
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| FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO | ||||
| With Kaitala's retirement, SFM celebrates a personal milestone | ||||
| SFM wrote its first workers’ comp policy back in 1984. That same year State Fund Mutual Insurance Company also convinced Frances Kaitala to join its fledgling operation as an underwriting manager. Over the next 25 years, her name would become synonymous with State Fund Mutual and with excellence in Minnesota workers’ compensation. | ||||
| BRIEFS | ||||
| New 2009 agency contracts | ||||
| SFM begins servicing pool | ||||
| Scholarships available to children of injured workers | ||||
| Updated website launched | ||||
| Wellness resources for clients | ||||
| Online reporting hits record | ||||
| Sandilla leads SBU operations | ||||
| SFM addresses contractors | ||||
| 20 percent commission on new policies up to $10,000 in premium | ||||
| LEGAL ADVICE | ||||
| From "Up North" by SFM's Duluth-based legal counsel | ||||
| FMLA leave and the flu | ||||
| New ADA regulations pending | ||||
| Recent settlement a good reminder to examine "bright line" leave policies | ||||
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